[PDF][PDF] A Methodology for Assessing Highway Traffic Noise Impacts in an Airport Environment

J Bailey - Transportation Research Record, 1986 - onlinepubs.trb.org
J Bailey
Transportation Research Record, 1986onlinepubs.trb.org
ABSTRACT A method used in predicting highway noise in conjunction with airport noise
levels and assessing the total noise environment is presented. This method has been
approved for use in Florida by the Federal Highway Administration. The method presented
may not work for all similar situations; however, it does provide a starting point for
innovations when manpower, monitoring equipment, anu modeling programs are limited.
FHWA requires consideration of the impact of highway traffic-generated noise on land uses …
Abstract
A method used in predicting highway noise in conjunction with airport noise levels and assessing the total noise environment is presented. This method has been approved for use in Florida by the Federal Highway Administration. The method presented may not work for all similar situations; however, it does provide a starting point for innovations when manpower, monitoring equipment, anu modeling programs are limited.
FHWA requires consideration of the impact of highway traffic-generated noise on land uses adjacent to a new or improved roadway. Of particular concern is the amplitude and duration of noise levels that research has shown to be either disturbing to normal functions associated with that land use or capable of producing adverse organic effects on the human aural system.
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